Dr. Christian Timm

Employment

• Since 2023  Senior Scientist at GEOMAR
• 2020 - 2023 Geography and plus-MINT program Science Teacher at Louisenlund private school, Germany
• 2018 - 2019 Marie-Sklodowska Curie Individual Fellow, GEOMAR (Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel)
• 2017 - 2020 Senior Scientist at GNS Science, Earth Resources and Material Department
• 2012 - 2020 Honorary Research Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington
• 2009 - 2017 Staff Scientist at GNS Science, Department of Marine Geosciences
• 2008 - 2009 Postdoc at GEOMAR (Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel) partly in the Future Ocean Excellence Cluster
• 2004 - 2008 Research assistant (PhD student) at GEOMAR (Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel)
• 1999 - 2003 Student assistant at the Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel

Education

• 2008 Doctorate in Geology at the University of Kiel/GEOMAR (overall grade very good (1.0), magna cum laude)
• 2004-2008 Postgraduate studies at IFM-GEOMAR, University of Kiel
• 2004 Diploma in Geology at the University of Kiel 1998-2004 Studies in Geoscience at the University of Kiel
• 1997 School finished with university entrance qualification

 

Expeditions and visits

• 2023 RV Meteor (M191, SUAVE), expedition management, geological sampling
• Early 2018 2 month visit to GEOMAR – funded by GEOMAR
• Late 2017 RV Falkor (FK171110), lead of sulfide sampling
• Early 2017 RV Sonne VITIAZ (SO255), co-voyage lead
• Late 2016 RV Tangaroa Colville Ridge 3, voyage lead
• Early 2016 M/V Duke, Oman UNCLOS survey, client rep., lead of the geology program
• Late 2015 RV Tangaroa Colville Ridge 2, lead of the geology program
• Early 2015 MMNZS Wellington (New Zealand Navy): Kermadec Islands expedition
• Early 2015 Raoul Island field sampling campaign - leader
• Mid 2014 Coromandel volcanic zone field sampling campaign - leader
• Late 2013 RV Tangaroa Colville Ridge, lead of the geology program
• Late 2012 RV Tangaroa TAN1213, shift and co-lead of geology program
• Early 2012 MV Dorado Discovery, Chatham Rise survey, client rep
• Early 2011 RV Tangaroa TAN1104 NZAMS, lead of the geology program
• Early 2007 Visiting researcher at the PGP at Oslo University, Norway
• Mid 2007 Visiting researcher at Museum of Natural History Berlin
• Mid 2007 RV Sonne cruise SO193, shift leader
• Mid 2003 Field sampling trip to Terceira, Acores, Portugal - lead
• Late 2002 RV Sonne cruise SO167, shift leader
• Early 2002 RV Poseidon cruise POS286, student assistant
• Late 2001 RV Sonne cruise SO160, student assistant

Prizes and Awards

• 2022 Bundesumweltwettbewerb Förderpreis für das SWAMP 2.0 (SchleiwasserMonitoring-Projekt) 2021 Bundesumweltwettbewerb Förderpreis für das SWAMP (Schleiwasser- MonitoringProjekt)
• 2018 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship from the European Commission
• 2016 Pullar-Vucetich Preis for the most meritorious contribution in tephrochronology from the Geoscience Society of New Zealand, co-recipient
• 2015 Werner F. Giggenbach Price for the most outstanding publication by a young geochemist von der Geoscience Society of New Zealand
• 2014 Brian J. Skinner Award from the Society of Economic Geologists, co-recipient
• 2013 GNS Science best paper award

Conferences (including conference organization)

• 2021 MINT Festival of the State Schleswig-Holstein at Louisenlund (invited presentation of the SWAMP (Schleiwasser Monitoring Projekt)
• 2019 Convener (session: Chalcophile Elements in Magmatic Systems: From Mantle Depths to Surface Deposits) at Goldschmidt conference in Barcelona
• 2018 Invited talk at Kanazawa University, Japan
• 2018 Invited talk at JAMSTEC, Japan
• 2018 Invited talk at the international symposium of submarine volcanism at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan
• 2018 Geoscience Society New Zealand: Conference organizational and program committee member
• 2015 Keynote speaker at the Goldschmidt conference in Prague, Czech Republic
• 2015 Geoscience Society New Zealand: Conference organizational and program committee member
• 2013 Keynote Speaker at GeoPrisms New Zealand primary focus site meeting, Wellington
• 2013 Invited to Magellan workshop to drill Brothers Volcano, Lisbon, Portugal (funded by ECORD) 2012 - 2013 IAGS Conference
• 2013: Organizational committee member and treasurer
• 2007 Invited speaker at European Geoscience Union (EGU), Vienna
• Since 2004 Publication of 55 abstracts; attendance and presentation at <15 national and international conferences, including chairing sessions at Goldschmidt conference 2013, 2015 and 2019 and GSNZ conference in 2015

Memberships

• 2012 - Society of Economic Geologists
• 2011 - EAG (European Association of Geochemistry)
• 2010 - Geological Society of New Zealand
• 2010 - American Geophysical Union
• 2006 - Geochemical Society

Projects / Funding ID

• 2021 Co-Proponent on IODP proposal 967 the Ontong Java Plateau: Testing the Ontong Java Nui Hypothesis. Waiting for scheduling.
• 2020 Co-Proponent on IODP 996-Pre: From arc splitting to oceanic spreading: testing models of back-arc basin formation. Invited to submit full proposal.
• 2019 Co-PI on R/V Sonne project ArcCycles (funded by the BMBF, German Ministry of Education and Research)
• 2018-2019 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (project: Goldtrace) from the European Commission
• 2017-2018 PI on strategic development fund (GNS in-house funding): Adding the 3rd dimension: virtual tours to the seafloor
• 2017 Co-PI on R/V Sonne project VITIAZ (funded by the BMBF, German Ministry of Education and Research)
• 2016 PI on 21-day R/V Tangaroa expedition to survey the Colville Ridge, Kermadec Arc System (funded by New Zealand Ministry of Business and Innovation)
• since 2015 Task leader on Oman UNCLOS Continental Shelf project to GNS Science
• since 2014 Co-Proponent on IODP proposal to drill Brothers Volcano: Gateway to the Sub-Arc Mantle: Volatile Flux, Metal Transport, and Conditions for Early Life (Exp. 376 Brothers arc flux)

M.Sc. and PhD student co-supervision

• 2012 - 2015 PhD - Jenni Hopkins, Victoria University, Wellington: New perspectives on the chronostratigraphy and magmatic evolution of the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand. Together with Prof. Colin Wilson (finished December 2015)
• since 2014 PhD - Leeora Gubbay-Nemes, University of New South Wales, Sydney: The sources & transport of metals in submarine volcanoes (Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc). Together with Prof. Ian Graham (UNSW) and Dr. Cornel de Ronde (GNS) - discontinued
• 2017 - 2020 PhD - Marjia Voloschina, Massey University, Palmerston North: Physical volcanology and multi-hazard analyses of Mt. Ruapehu for the late Holocene. Together with Prof. Gert Lube and Dr. John Proctor (both Massey University)
• 2017 - PhD – Ina Simon, GEOMAR, Kiel. Temporal and geochemical evolution of the proto-Kermadec arc. Together with Prof Kaj Hoernle and James Gill (University of Santa Cruz, USA 2017- PhD – Matthias Witte, GEOMAR, Kiel. Temporal and geochemical evolution of the proto-Kermadec arc. Together with Prof Kaj Hoernle and James Gill (University of Santa Cruz, USA) 2017- 2021 PhD - Yasu Hirai, University of Kanazawa and JAMSTEC. Petrology and geochemistry of mafic arc lavas at Kibblewhite Volcano, Kermadec arc. Together with Dr. Y. Tamura
• 2015-2016 MSc-Alex Zohrab, Victoria University Wellington: Stratovolcanoes of the Havre Trough back-arc. Together with Dr. Monica Handler (VUW) and Dr. Richard Wysoczanski (NIWA) (finished March 2017)
• 2016-2018 MSc-Vanisha Pullan, Victoria University Wellington: Latitudinal geochemical variation of the Havre Trough back-arc. Mantle and crustal perspective. Together with Dr. Monica Handler (VUW) and Dr. Richard Wysoczanski (NIWA) – finished late 2018
• 2017-2019 MSc-Jacob Leath, Victoria University of Wellington: metal transport in melts evidenced by melt inclusions. Together with Drs. Monica Handler and Ian Schipper (VUW) and Dr. Richard Wysoczanski (NIWA) – finished with distinction A+
• 2019-2021 MSc-Brenton Tozer, Victoria University of Wellington: Petrology and Geochemistry of a suite of intrusive rocks from the Kermade Arc-Havre Trough, SW Pacific. Together with Drs. Monica Handler and Ian Schipper (VUW) and Dr. Richard Wysoczanski (NIWA) – finished 2021
• 2021-2022 Supervisor of several Jugend Forscht and Bundesumweltwettbewerb Projects (incl. Regional Round Winner and State Round second in Jugend Forscht in Geoscience 2022).

Outreach Activities

• 2008 Summer-School lecture; group lead at GEOMAR
• 2010 New Insights on the formation of an oceanic large igneous province: the Manihiki Plateau; public lecture at Massey University, New Zealand
• since 2010 Regular visits and presentations to primary schools in Wellington, New Zealand
• 2014 The Kermadec arc: Invited lecture at Hutt Valley Rock and Minerals Club, Wellington New Zealand
• 2014 Another piece in the tectonic plate mosaic: GNS Science Media release (article picked up by media outlets in New Zealand, Greece, UK, India and China). Also distributed in the social media (Twitter and Facebook)
• 2014 Rock ‘n’ Roll along the Kermadec arc: Article in Coastal News 5, published by New Zealand Coastal Society
• 2014 Dem Erdplattenrecycling vor Neuseeland auf der Spur: GEOMAR News (picked up by other media outlets in Germany)
• 2015 Powering potential for future leaders; GNS Science presenter and group leader
• 2015 - 2020 Co-scientist for the GNS outreach program GeoTrips (https://www.geotrips.org.nz) 2016 Scientists to survey uncharted seafloor area: GNS Science Media release
• 2016 Colville Ridge Marine Expedition blog: colville-ridge-marineexpedition.blogspot.co.nz 2017 Scientists return from seafloor discovery mission in the Kermadec region: GNS Science Media release
• 2017 NZ scientists help find new undersea volcanoes: New Zealand Herald, 23 April
• 2017 The Kermadec arc: Exploration of New Zealand’s unique northern offshore estate: Invited guest lecture at Massey University, New Zealand
• 2017 GNS representative at the reception honoring the 40th anniversary of signing the German-New Zealand research and technology cooperation. Attended by the President of Germany F.-W. Steinmeier.
• 2018 Scientific advisor for the exhibition concept of the active land exhibition at Te Papa Tongarewa (New Zealand national museum)
• 2018 Kermadec arc volcanism: From seamount subduction to subarc mantle heterogeneities. Submarine Volcanoes: Windows into the Earth’s Dynamic Interior,
• 2018 International Symposium at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan (invited public lecture).
• 2019 Komplexe Plattenbewegung entschlüsselt/Complex Movement of Plates decoded: GEOMAR News
• 2019 GNS representative and guide at the Visit of W. Kubicki to New Zealand organized by the German Embassy Wellington.
• 2021 Forschungsprojekte, die gut für die Umwelt und das Leben sind. Eckernförder Zeitung, September
• 2021. 2022 Schüler erfolgreich beim BundesUmweltwettbewerb (BUW). www.plusmint.de/blog/auszeichnung-bundesumweltwettbewerb

 

Publications (in international peer-reviewed scientific journals)

in review or revision

• Leath, J., Handler, M., Wysoczanski, R., Schipper, Timm, C. in review. Trace metal variations in volcanic glasses from across a subduction zone: Melt inclusion and groundmass glasses from the southern Kermadec arc – Havre Trough, SW Pacific. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
• Leybourne, M., Layton-Matthews, D., Wysoczanski, R., Timm, C., Stern, R., van Wagoner, N., Hergt, J., Gibsin, H. in revision. Negative Nb-Ta anomalies in modern mid-ocean ridge basalt: implications for ancient plate tectonic processes. Nature Communication
• Timm, C., Portnyagin, M., de Ronde, C.E.J., Hannington, M.D., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Hoernle, K., Brandl, P.A., Layton-Matthews, Leybourne, M., Arculus, R.J., in revision. Mantle melting controls gold, silver and copper contents in arc magmas. Nature Geoscience

 

Published Papers

• Hirai, Y., Tamura, Y., Sato, T., Miyazaki, T., Chang, Q., Vaglarov, B.S., Kimura, J.-I., Hoernle, K., Werner, R., Hauff, F., Timm, C. 2023. Magnesuan Andesites from Kibblewhite Volcani in the Kermadec Arc, New Zealand. Journal of Petrology 64, 1-23.
• Cousens, B., Timm, C., Abraham, A., Trenkler, M., Boarne, M.M., Papaniculaou, E., Gowing, D., Spencer, J., Lacoursiere, A., 2024. Isotopic and Geochemical Characteristics of Mid-toLate Continental and Oceanic Arc in Intrusive Rocks, Central North Island and Offshore, New Zealand. Geological Society of London, doi.org/10.1144/SP542-2022-329
• Brandl, P., Tepley jr, F., Portnyagin, M., Zeppenfeld, H., de Ronde, C.E.J., Timm, C., Hauff, F., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Graham, I., Bosquet, R. 2022. The origin of magmas and metals at the submarine Brothers volcano, SW Pacific. Economic Geology, doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4973
• Gill, J., Hoernle, K., Todd, E., Hauff, F., Werner, R., Timm, C., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Gutjahr, M. 2021. Magma production and mantle flow during early back-arc evolution: Havre Trough and Kermadec arc, SW Pacific. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22 (2), e2020GC009339.
• Hoernle, K., Gill, J., Timm, C., Hauff, F., Werner, R., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Gutjahr, M., 2021. Tracing Hikurangi Plateau subduction in Neogene Kermadec and Colville remnant arc ridges. Geology 49 (5), 536-540.
• Hauff, F., Hoernle, K., Gill, J., Werner, R., Timm, C., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Gutjahr, M., Jung, S., 2021. R/V SONNE Cruise SO255 "VITIAZ": An integrated major element, trace element and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope data set of volcanic rocks from the Colville and Kermadec Ridges, the Quaternary Kermadec volcanic front and the Havre Trough backarc basin, Version 1.0. Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA). doi.org/10.26022/IEDA/111723. Accessed 2020-10-28.
• Voloschina, M., Lube, G., Procter, J., Moebis, A., Timm, C., 2020. Litho-sedimentological and tephrostratigraphical characterization of small-volume, low intensity eruptions: The 1800 years Tufa Trig Formation, Mt. Ruapehu (New Zealand). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 106987.
• Riefstahl, F., Gohl, K., Davy, B., Hoernle, K., Mortimer, N., Werner, R., Timm, C., Hochmuth, K. 2020. Cretaceous rifting at the southern Chatham Rise margin and initialisation of seafloor spreading between Zealandia and Antarctica. Tectonophysics 776, 228298.
• Hoernle, K., Timm, C., Hauff, F., Tappenden, V., Werner, R., Jolis, E., Garbe-Schoenberg, D., Mortimer, N., Weaver, S., Gohl, K., 2020. Late Cretaceous (99-69 Ma) intraplate volcanism on and around Zealandia: Tracing upper mantle geodynamics from Hikurangi plateau collision to Gondwana breakup. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 529, doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115864.
• Caratori Tontini, F., de Ronde, C.E.J., Timm, C., Wysoczanski, R., 2019. Rifting, arrested spreading and the evolution of young backarc basins. Nature Geoscience doi: 10.1038/s41561-019-0439-y.
• Wysoczanski, R., Leonard, G., Gill, J., Wright, I., Calvert, A., McIntosh, W., Jicha, B., Gamble, J., Timm, C., Handler, M., Drewes, E., Zohrab, 2019. Ar-Ar age constraints in the timing of Havre Trough opening and magmatism. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 7 pp, doi: 10.1080/00288306.2019.1602059.
• Timm, C., de Ronde, C.E.J., Hoernle, K., Cousens, B., Wartho, J.A., Caratori Tontini, F., Wysoczanski, R.J., Hauff, F., Handler, M. 2019. New Age and Geochemical Data from the Southern Colville and Kermadec Ridges, SW Pacific: Insights into the recent geological history and petrogenesis of the Proto-Kermadec (Vitiaz) Arc. Gondwana Research 72, 169- 193.
• N. Mortimer, van den Bogaard, Hoernle, K., Timm, C., Gans, P.B., Werner, R., Riefstahl, F., 2019. Late Cretaceous oceanic plate reorganization and the breakup of Zealandia and Gondwana. Gondwana Research 65, 31-42.
• Gamble, J.A., Adams, C.J., Morris, P.A., Wysoczanski, R.J., Handler, M., Timm, C., 2018. The geochemistry and petrogenesis of Carnley Volcano, Auckland Islands, SW Pacific. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2018.1505642
• N. Mortimer, P.B. Gans, S. Meffre, C. E. Martin, M. Seton, S. Williams, R. E. Turnbull, P. G. Quilty, S. Micklethwaite, C. Timm, R. Sutherland, F. Bache, J. Collot, P. Maurizot, P. Rouillard & N. Rollet 2017. Regional volcanism of northern Zealandia: post-Gondwana break-up magmatism on an extended, submerged continent. In: Sensarma, S. & Storey, B. C. (eds) Large Igneous Provinces from Gondwana and Adjacent Regions. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 463, doi.org/10.1144/SP463.9
• Hopkins, J., Wilson, C.J.N., Millet, M.A., Leonard, G., Timm, C., McGee, L., Smith, I.E.M., Smith, E.G.C. 2017. Multi-criteria correlation of tephra deposits to source centres applied in the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand. Bulletin of Volcanology 79:55, DOI: 10.1007/s00445- 017-1131-y.
• Bassett, D., Kopp, H., Sutherland, R., Henrys, S., Watts, A., Timm, C., Scherwath, M., Grevemeyer, I., de Ronde, C.E.J. 2016. Crustal structure of the Kermadec Arc from MANGO seismic refraction profiles. Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth 121, doi:10.1002/2016JB013194
• Timm, C., Leybourne, M., Hoernle, K., Wysoczanski, R., Hauff, F., Handler, M., Caratori- Tontini, F., de Ronde, C.E.J. 2016. Trench perpendicular geochemical variation between the two adjacent Kermadec arc volcanoes Rumble II East and West: role of the subducted Hikurangi Plateau on element recycling and metal transport in arc magmas. Journal of Petrology 57 (7), 1335-1360. doi:1093petrology/egw042
• Timm, C., Wysoczanski, R., de Ronde, C.E.J. 2016. Potential sources of metals in Kermadec arc lavas. In Christie (Ed) AusIMM monograph 31, Mineral Deposits of New Zealand – Exploration and Research.
• Hopkins J., Timm, C., Millet, M.-A., Poirier, A., Wilson, C.J.N, Leonard, G., 2016. Os isotopic constraints on crustal contamination in Auckland Volcanic Field basalts, New Zealand. Chemical Geology 439, 83-97.
• Caratori-Tontini, F., de Ronde, C.E.J., Scott, B.J., Soengkono, S., Stagpoole, V., Timm, C., Tivey, M. 2015. Interpretation of gravity and magnetic anomalies at Lake Rotomahana: Geological and hydrothermal implications. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.07.002
• Hopkins, J., Millet, M-A., Timm, C., Wilson, C.J., Leonard, G., Palin, M., Neil. H., 2015. Tools and techniques for developing tephra stratigraphies in lake cores: a case study from the basaltic Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews 123, 58-75.
• Timm, C., Davy, B.W., Haase, K., Hoernle, K., Graham, I.J., de Ronde, C.E.J., Woodhead, J., Bassett, D., Hauff, F., Mortimer, N., Seebeck, H., Wysoczanski, R., Caratori-Tontini, F., Gamble, J. 2014. Large igneous plateau subduction and its impact of the Hikurangi Plateau on the Kermadec arc. Nature communications, 5: article number 4923
• Mortimer, N., Rattenbury, M.S., King, P.R., Bland, K.J., Barrell, D.J.A., Bache, F., Begg, J.G., Campbell, H.J., Cox, S.C., Crampton, J.S., Edbrooke, S.W., Forsyth, P.J., Johnston, M.R., Jongens, R., Lee, J., Leonard, G.S., Raine, J.I., Skinner, D.N.B., Timm, C., Townsend, D.B., Tulloch, A.J., Turnbull, I.M., Turnbull, R.E. 2014. High-level stratigraphic scheme for New Zealand rocks. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 57(4): 402-419, doi: 10.1080/00288306.2014.946062
• de Ronde, C.E.J., Walker, S.L., Ditchburn, R.G., Caratori Tontini, F., Hannington, M.D., Merle, S.G., Timm, C., Handler, M.R., Wysoczanski, R.J., Dekov, V.M., Kamenov, G.D., Baker, E.T., Embley, R.W., Lupton, J.E., Stoffers, P. 2014. The anatomy of a buried submarine hydrothermal system, Clark volcano, Kermadec arc, New Zealand. Economic Geology, 109(8): 2261-2292, doi: 10.2113/econgeo.109.8.2261
• Wysoczanski, R., Clark, M., Timm, C., Barton, S., Handler, R., Stewart, R. 2014. Colville Volcano: Geohabitat of the first discovered intact volcano of the Miocene-Pliocene Colville Arc, SW Pacific. Interridge News 13-14 research paper, 60-68.
• Timm, C., Bassett, D., Graham, I.J., Leybourne, M.I., de Ronde, C.E.J., Woodhead, J., LaytonMatthews, D., Watts, A.B. 2013. Louisville seamount subduction and its implication on mantle flow beneath the central Tonga-Kermadec arc. Nature Communications, 4: article 1720 (8 p.)
• Leybourne, M.I., Schwarz-Schampera, U., de Ronde, C.E.J., Baker, E.T., Faure, K., Walker, S.L., Butterfield, D.A., Resing, J.A., Lupton, J.E., Hannington, M.D., Gibson, H.L., Massoth, G.J., Embley, R.W., Chadwick Jr., W.W., Clark, M.R., Timm, C., Graham, I.J., Wright, I.C. 2012. Submarine magmatic-hydrothermal systems at the Monowai volcanic center, Kermadec arc. Economic Geology, 107(8): 1669-1694
• Leybourne, M.I., de Ronde, C.E.J., Wysoczanski, R., Walker, S.L., Timm, C., Gibson, H.L., LaytonMatthews, D., Baker, E.T., Clark, M.R., Caratori Tontini, F., Faure, K., Lupton, J.E., Fornari, D.J., Soule, A., Massoth, G.J. 2012. Geology, hydrothermal activity, and sea-floor massive sulfide mineralization at the Rumble II West mafic caldera. Economic Geology, 107(8): 1649-1668
• Timm, C., de Ronde, C.E.J., Leybourne, M.I., Layton-Matthews, D., Graham, I.J. 2012. Sources of chalcophile and siderophile elements in Kermadec Arc lavas. Economic Geology, 107(8): 1527-1538, doi: 10.2113/econgeo.107.8.1527
• Timm, C., Graham, I.J., de Ronde, C.E.J., Leybourne, M.I., Woodhead, J. 2011. Geochemical evolution of Monowai Volcanic Centre: new insights into the northern Kermadec arc subduction system, SW Pacific. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 12(8): Q0AF01,
• Timm, C., Hoernle, K., Werner, R., Hauff, F., van den Bogaard, P., Michael, P., Coffin, M.F., Koppers, A. 2011. Age and geochemistry of the oceanic Manihiki Plateau, SW Pacific: new evidence for a plume origin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 304(1/2): 135-146
• Timm, C., Hoernle, K., Werner, R., Hauff, F., van den Bogaard, P., White, J., Mortimer, N., GarbeSchoenberg, D. 2010. Temporal and geochemical evolution of the Cenozoic intraplate volcanism of Zealandia. Earth-Science Reviews, 98(1/2): 38-64, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.002
• Timm, C., Hoernle, K., van den Bogaard, P., Bindeman, I., Weaver, S. 2009. Geochemical evolution of intraplate volcanism at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand: interaction between asthenospheric and lithospheric melts. Journal of Petrology, 50(6): 989-1023, doi:10.1093/petrology/egp029
• Hoernle, K., White, J.D.L., van den Bogaard, P., Hauff, F., Coombs, D.S., Werner, R., Timm, C., Garbe-Schoenberg, D., Reay, A., Cooper, A.F. 2006. Cenozoic intraplate volcanism on New Zealand: upwelling induced by lithospheric removal. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 248(1/2): 350-367

 

Other publications (excluding non-refereed abstracts)

• Timm, C., Hannington, M., Portnyagin, M., de Ronde, C.E.J., Leybourne, M.I., Arculus, R., 2019. GoldTrace: tracking the origin of precious metals in seafloor arc lavas. 219-222. IN: PACRIM 2019 Mineral systems of the Pacific Rim Conference Proceedings. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series No1/2019
• RV SONNE Fahrtbericht /Cruise Report SO255, VITIAZ – The Life Cycle of the Vitiaz-Kermadec Arc / Backarc System: from Arc Initiation to Splitting and Backarc Basin Formation, Auckland (New Zealand) - Auckland (New Zealand), 02.03.-14.04.2017, Eds.: Kaj Hoernle, Folkmar Hauff, and Reinhard Werner with contributions from cruise participants (incl C Timm), DOI: 10.3289/GEOMAR_REP_NS_35_2017
• Timm, C.; Caratori Tontini, F.; Kane, T.; Woelz, S.; Stewart, T.J.; Barrett, R.; Whattam, J. 2017. Colville III ’16 (TAN1611) Cruise Report, GNS Science Report 2017/06. 25 p. doi 10.21420/G2B59B
• Timm, C., Mortimer, N., Turnbull, R., 2017. Petrology, geochemistry and ages from off- and onshore Oman rocks. Oman UNCLOS survey. GNS Science International consultancy report 2016/18a.
• Timm, C., Mortimer, N., Turnbull, R., 2016. Petrology, geochemistry and ages from off- and onshore Oman rocks. Oman UNCLOS survey. GNS Science International consultancy report 2016/18.
• Wood, R., Mortimer, N., Timm, C., Davy, B., Barker, D., Barretto, J., Stratford, W., Geddis, E., Mackay, K. 2016. Interim Data Integration and Interpretation Report. GNS Science International Consultancy Report 2016/33
• de Ronde, C.E.J., Caratori Tontini, F., Timm, C., Merle, S.G. 2017. Colville I ’13 (TAN1313) cruise report. GNS Science report 2016/72. 27p.; doi 10.21420/G2H014
• de Ronde, C.E.J., Caratori Tontini, F., Timm, C., Merle, S.G. 2017. Colville II ’15 (TAN1512) cruise report. GNS Science report 2016/73. 29p.; doi 10.21420/G27G6C
• de Ronde, C.E.J., Caratori Tontini, F., Timm, C., Walker, S.L., and shipboard participants. 2016. HMNZS Wellington Kermadec ’15, Voyage to the Kermadec arc, 3–13 March, 2015, Auckland to Auckland, New Zealand, GNS Science Report 2016/74. 28 p. doi 10.21420/G27G6C 12. de Ronde, C.E.J., Caratori-Tontini, F., Timm, C. 2016. HMSNZ Wellington NZ Navy-GNS Kermadec Arc expedition. Cruise Report, Auckland-Auckland.
• Wood, R.A., Barretto, J., Barker, D.H.N., Stratford, W.R., Mortimer, N., Timm, C., Pallentin, A. 2016 Oman UNCLOS marine surveys. GNS Science international consultancy report 2016/27. 250 p.
• Wysoczanski, R., Clark, M., Timm, C., Barton, S., Handler, R., Stewart, R. 2014. Colville Volcano: Geohabitat of the first discovered intact volcano of the Miocene-Pliocene Colville Arc, SW Pacific. Interridge News 13-14 research paper, 60-68.
• Jongens, R., Timm, C., Christie, A.B., Smith Lyttle, B., Leybourne, M.I.,Rattenbury, M.S. 2012. Mineral potential of the Tapuaenuku and Blue Mountain igneous complexes, Kaikoura: desktop studies and geochemical survey. Lower Hutt: GNS Science. GNS Science report 2012/11. [74] p. 8. Wysoczanski R., Mountjoy J., Barton, S., Black, J., Boschen, R., Kaiser, S., Khong, L., Mitchell J., Pallentin, A., Stewart, R., Timm, C., Wilcox S., & Woelz, S., (2012) NIRVANA - TAN1213 R.V. Tangaroa Research Voyage Report. NIWA Internal Report, NIWA Wellington, New Zealand.
• Christie, A.B., Jongens, R., Turnbull, R.E., Timm, C., Smith Lyttle, B. Lukovic, B., Leybourne, M.I., Rattenbury, M.S. 2012 Mineral potential of the Riwaka Complex in northwest Nelson, and the Tapuaenuku and Blue Mountain igneous complexes in Marlborough. P. 69 IN: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 45th New Zealand Branch Annual Conference on exploration, mining and New Zealand's mineral resources, Distinction Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand, 26-29 August 2012. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. New Zealand Branch. Annual conference / Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, New Zealand Branch 45.
• Christie, A.B., Timm, C., Rattenbury, M.S., Tulloch, A.J. 2011 Rare earth element prospectivety Stage 1. GNS Science consultancy report 2011/49. 23 p.
• Leybourne, M.I., de Ronde, C.E.J., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Baker, E.T., Faure, K., Timm, C., Walker, S.L., Butterfield, D.A., Graham, I.J. 2010 Hydrothermal processes at the Monowai Volcanic Centre, Kermadec Arc. p. 371 IN: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 43rd New Zealand Branch annual conference 2010, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 24-26 November 2010 : conference proceedings. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. New Zealand Branch. Annual conference / Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, New Zealand Branch 43.
• Timm, C., Graham, I.J., de Ronde, C.E.J., Leybourne, M.I. 2010 Geochemistry and hydrothermal activity at the Monowai volcanic center, northern Kermadec arc, SW Pacific. p. 553-558 IN: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 43rd New Zealand Branch annual conference 2010, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 24-26 November 2010 conference proceedings. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. New Zealand Branch. Annual conference / Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, New Zealand Branch 43.
• Werner, Reinhard and Hauff, Folkmar, eds. (2007) FS Sonne, Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report SO193 MANIHIKI : Temporal, Spatial, and Tectonic Evolution of Oceanic Plateaus ; Suva/Fiji - Apia/Samoa, 19.05. - 30.06.2007. IFM-GEOMAR Report, 13 . IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, 201 pp. DOI 10.3289/ifm-geomar_rep_13_2007.
• Stoffers, O., Worthington, T., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Ackermand, D., Beaudoin, Y., Bigalke, N., Fretzdorff, S., Gibson, H., Hekinian, R., Kindermann, A., Kuhn, T., Main, B., Schreiber, K., Timm, C., Tonga’onevai, S., Tuerkay, M., Unverricht, D., Vailea, A., Zimmerer, M. 2003. Louisville Ridge: Dynamics and Magmatism of a Mantle Plume and its Influence on the Tonga – Kermadec Subduction System. Cruise Report SONNE 167, Berichte - Reports, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Kiel, Nr. 20, 276 S., 45 Abb., 10 Tab., Kiel, 2003.
• Haase, K., Dehghani, A., Stroncik, N., Erdmann, R., Heinboeckel, R., Heydolph, K., Krientiz, M., Netzeband, G., Timm, C., Unverricht, D., 2001. GARIMAG-Magmatism at the fossil spreading axis of the Galapagos rise, SE Pacific. Cruise Report, Institut fuer Geowissenschaften, Universitaet Kiel.

 

Conference Abstracts

• Tozer, B., Handler, M., Schipper, I., Watson, S., Wysoczanski, R., Timm, C. 2020. Petrology and Geochemistry of a suite of intrusive rocks from the Kermade Arc-Havre Trough, SW Pacific. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Conference, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
• Sano, T., Tejada, M., Neal., C., Coffin, M., Nakanishi, M., Michael, P., Geldmacher, J., Hanyu, T., Miura, S., Timm, C., Koppers, A., Suetsugu, D., Tonegawa, T., Ishikawa, K., Castillo, P., 2020. Exploring the World’s lagest LIP: testing the Ontong Java Nui hypothesis. JpGU-AGU joint meeting, Chiba, Japan.
• Timm, C., Hoernle, K., Jicha, B., Hauff, F., Wallace, L. 2020. Age and composition of lavas drilled at IODP Exp. 375, site 1520 and 1526. IODP post cruise workshop, Napier, New Zealand 55. Timm C, Portnyagin M, De Ronde C, Hannington M, Hoernle K & Arculus R (2019) Tracking the Source of Cu, Ag and Au in Intraoceanic Kermadec Arc Glasses, SW Pacific Goldschmidt Abstracts, 2019
• Timm C, De Ronde C, Hoernle K, Cousens B, Wartho J-A, Hauff F & Caratori Tontini F (2019) Colville and Kermadec Ridge Age and Geochemistry: New Insights into the protoKermadec Arc Petrogenesis and Arc Splitting, SW Pacific Goldschmidt Abstracts, 2019
• Hoernle K, Timm C, Hauff F, Tappenden V, Werner R, Jolis EM, Mortimer N, Weaver S, Riefstahl F & Gohl K (2019) St. Helena Type HIMU Plume Involved in Zealandia-Antarctica Breakup Goldschmidt Abstracts, 2019
• Hirai, Y., Tamura, Y., Hoernle, K., Timm, C., Hauff, F., Werner, R., Hanyu, T., Vaglarov, B., Chang, Q., Miyazaki, T., Kimura, J.-I., 2019. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU2019-6913, EGU General Assembly 2019
• Hirai, Y., Tamura, Y., Hoernle, K., Timm, C., Hauff, F., Werner, R., Vaglarov, B., Chang, Q., Miyazaki, T., Kimura, J.-I., 2019, Generation of primary andesite magma in oceanic arcs: evidence from Kibblewhite volcano, Kermadec arc. JpGU conference, May 2019, Chiba, Japan
• Timm, C., de Ronde, C.E.J., Hannington, M., Portnyagin, M., Arculus, R., 2018. Goldtrace: tracking the origin of gold in arc lavas. In: Sagar M, Prebble J ed. Abstract Volume: Geosciences 2018, Napier, New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 151A. p 264.
• Hopkins, J., Timm, C., Wilson, C., Leonard, G., Hauff, F., Geochemical relationships of coupled eruptions in the Auckland Volcanic Field. In: Sagar M, Prebble J ed. Abstract Volume: Geosciences 2018, Napier, New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 151A. p 123.
• Voloschina, M., Lube, G., Procter, J., Moebis, A., Timm, C., 2018. From detailed stratigraphy to eruption dynamics-insights into the eruptive behaviour of Mt Ruapehu during the last 2000 years. In: Sagar M, Prebble J ed. Abstract Volume: Geosciences 2018, Napier, New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 151A. p 280.
• Wysoczanski, R., Leonard, G., Gill, J., Wright, I., Calvert, A., McINtosh, W., Gamble, J., Timm, C., Handler, M., Zohrab, A. 2018. Ar/Ar constraints on the timing of Havre Trough opening and magmatism. In: Sagar M, Prebble J ed. Abstract Volume: Geosciences 2018, Napier, New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 151A. p 302.
• Leath, J., Handler, M., Schipper, I., Wysoczanski, R., Timm, C., 2018. Metals in subductionrelated magmas: insights from melt inclusions and associated glassy groundmass from the southern Kermadec arc, New Zealand. In: Sagar M, Prebble J ed. Abstract Volume: Geosciences 2018, Napier, New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 151A. p 161.
• Hopkins, J., Timm, C., Wilson, C., Leonard, G. 2018. Coupled eruptions in a monogenetic volcanic field: are we underestimating the risk? Cities on Volcanoes IAVCEI conference 2018, Napoli, Italy.
• Hirai, Y., Tamura, Y., Hoernle, K., Werner, R., Hauff, F., Timm, C., Miyazaki, T., Vaglarov, B., 2018. Magnesian andesites from Kibblewhite volcano, Kermadec arc. JpGU conference, May 2018, Chiba, Japan.
• Hirai, Y., Tamura, Y., Hoernle, K., Werner, R., Hauff, F., Timm, C., Miyazaki, T., Vaglarov, B., 2018. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 20, EGU2018-1639, EGU General Assembly 2018
• Timm, C., de Ronde, C.E.J., Cousens, B., Caratori Tontini, 2018. Colville Ridge: new clues about the history of northern Zealandia and petrogenesis in the Kermadec arc system. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 20, EGU2018-9897, EGU General Assembly 2018
• Thomson, J., White, D., D’Cruz, D., Timm, C, Campbell, H., Mortimer, N., 2017. Geotrips webpage – an update. . In: Baker, J. and Rowe, M. (eds). Abstracts, Geosciences 2017, Auckland, Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 147A. p. 114.
• Pullan, V., Wysoczasnki, R.W., Handler, M., Timm, C. 2017. Geochemistry and structure of back-arc basins in the Havre Trough, Southwest Pacific. In: Baker, J. and Rowe, M. (eds). Abstracts, Geosciences 2017, Auckland, Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 147A. p. 89.
• Timm, C., de Ronde, CEJ, Cousens, B., Caratori Tontini, F, 2017. The Colville Ridge: New Zealand’s ancient offshore arc and its role in present day Kermadec arc volcanism. AGU Chapman conference, Hobart, Tasmania
• Bassett, D, Kopp, H., Sutherland, R, Henrys, S., Watts, A., Timm, C., Scherwath, M, Grevemeyer, I, de Ronde, CEJ 2016. Crustal structure and tectonic history of the Kermadec arc inferred from MANGO seismic refraction profiles. 2016 AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco
• Hopkins, J., Wilson, C., Millet, M-A., Leonard, G., Timm, C., McGee, L., Smith, I.E.M., Smith, E., in revision. Reconstructing the evolution of the monogenetic Auckland Volcanic Field, NZ, using a multi-criteria approach to correlate tephra deposits to their source centres. Abstract accepted for presentation at the 2017 IAVCEI conference in Portland, USA
• Handler, M., Wysoczanski, R., Timm, C. 2016. The Colville Arc: Insights into the magmatism that shaped the Colville and Kermadec Ridges. Pew symposium, April 2016, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington.
• Gamble, J., Handler, M., Wysoczanski, R., Timm, C. 2015 Intraplate basaltic volcanism across Zealandia and the HIMU conundrum. abstract IUGG-3844 IN: 26th IUGG General Assembly 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague Congress Centre, June 22-July 2, 2015: earth and environmental sciences for future generations. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 34. Hopkins, J.L., Leonard, G.S., Millet, M.-A., Timm, C., Wilson, C.J.N. 2015 Correlating basaltic tephras to source volcanoes: method development and implications. p. 65 IN: Hannah, M. (convener) Zealandia in space and time: Geosciences 2015, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 25th-27th November 2015: abstract volume. Wellington, N.Z.: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 143a.
• Hopkins, J.L., Millet, M.-A., Timm, C., Wilson, C.J.N., Leonard, G.S., Palin, J.M., Neil, H. 2015 Tools and techniques for identifying and cross correlating basaltic tephra in lacustrine cores. p. 66 IN: Hannah, M. (convener) Zealandia in space and time: Geosciences 2015, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 25th-27th November 2015: abstract volume. Wellington, N.Z.: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 143a.
• Timm, C., Leybourne, M., Wysoczanski, R., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., Handler, M., Caratori Tontini, F., de Ronde, C.E.J. 2015 Influence of Hikurangi Plateau subduction on the Kermadec arc volcanoes Rumble II East and West. p. 3134 IN: Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2015.
• Timm, C., Wysoczanski, R., Cousens, B., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., Leybourne, M., Handler, M., de Ronde, C.E.J. 2015 Longitudinal geochemical variations at the Southern Kermadec Arc: new clues about element cycling in arcs. p. 128 IN: Hannah, M. (convener) Zealandia in space and time: Geosciences 2015, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 25th-27th November 2015: abstract volume. Wellington, N.Z.: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 143a.
• Wysoczanski, R.J., Clark, M.R., Timm, C., Barton, S., Handler, M.R., Stewart, R. 2015 Colville Volcano: Geohabitat of the first discovered intact volcano of the Colville Arc. p. 149-150 IN: Hannah, M. (convener) Zealandia in space and time: Geosciences 2015, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 25th- 27th November 2015: abstract volume. Wellington, N.Z.: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 143a.
• Zohrab, A., Handler, M.R., Wysoczanski, R.J., Timm, C. 2015 Stratovolcanoes of the Havre Trough back-arc. p. 153 IN: Hannah, M. (convener) Zealandia in space and time: Geosciences 2015, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 25th-27th November 2015: abstract volume. Wellington, N.Z.: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 143a.
• de Ronde, C.E.J., Walker, S.L., Ditchburn, R.G., Caratori Tontini, F., Hannington, M.D., Merle, S.G., Timm, C., Handler, M.R., Wysoczanski, R.J., Dekov, V.M., Kamenov, G.D., Baker, E.T., Embley, R.W., Lupton, J.E., Stoffers, P. 2015 The anatomy of a buried submarine hydrothermal system, Clark Volcano, Kermadec arc, New Zealand. p. 31 IN: Hannah, M. (convener) Zealandia in space and time: Geosciences 2015, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 25th-27th November 2015: abstract volume. Wellington, N.Z.: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 143a.
• Gamble, J.A., Handler, M.R., Wysoczanski, R.J., Timm, C. 2014 Intraplate basaltic volcanism across Zealandia and the HIMU conundrum. p. 39-40 IN: Holt, K.A. (ed.) Geosciences 2014: Annual Conference of the Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 24th – 27th November 2014, Pukekura Raceway and Function Centre, New Plymouth, New Zealand: abstract volume. Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 139A.
• Hopkins, J., Leonard, G.S., Timm, C., Wilson, C., Neil, H., Millet, M-A. 2014 Trace element geochemistry of basaltic tephra in maar cores: implications for centre correlation, field evolution, and mantle source characteristics of the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand. abstract V31C-4763 IN: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 15-19 December 2014. American Geophysical Union
• Timm, C., Davy, B.W., Wysoczanski, R.J., Hauff, F., Hoernle, K., Haase, K., Leybourne, M., Seebeck, H., Handler, M., Mortimer, N., Gamble, J., Caratori Tontini, F., De Ronde, C.E.J. 2014 Effects of Hikurangi Plateau subduction on Kermadec arc volcanism and element transfer. p. 105 IN: Holt, K.A. (ed.) Geosciences 2014: Annual Conference of the Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 24th – 27th November 2014, Pukekura Raceway and Function Centre, New Plymouth, New Zealand: abstract volume. Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 139A.
• de Ronde, C.E.J., Timm, C., Ditchburn, R.G., Wysoczanski, R. 2014 Effects of subduction on arc seafloor hydrothermal systems (Invited). abstract T51D-03 IN: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 15-19 December 2014. American Geophysical Union
• Hopkins, J.L., Poirier, A., Millet, M-A., Timm, C., Leonard, G.S., Wilson, C.J.N. 2013. Os isotope constraints on crustal contamination in Auckland Volcanic Field basalts, New Zealand. p. 1319 IN: Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2013. Twickenham, UK: Mineralogical Society of Great Britain. Mineralogical magazine 77(5).
• Mortimer, N., Timm, C., Hoernle, K., Smith, I., Marsaglia, K. 2013 Testing induced vs spontaneous subduction initiation mechanisms in the SW Pacific. p. [71-73] IN: Hammond, K.A.T., Ferot, A., Wallace, L.M. GeoPRISMS: Planning Workshop for the New Zealand Primary Site. Workshop handbook and programme. Lower Hutt: GNS Science. GNS Science miscellaneous series 53.
• Timm, C., Bassett, D., Graham, I.J., Leybourne, M.I., de Ronde, C.E.J., Woodhead, J., LaytonMatthews, D., Watts, A.B. 2013 Louisville seamount subduction: tracking mantle flow beneath the central Tonga-Kermadec arc. p. [111-112] IN: Hammond, K.A.T., Ferot, A., Wallace, L.M. GeoPRISMS : Planning Workshop for the New Zealand Primary Site. Workshop handbook and programme. Lower Hutt: GNS Science. GNS Science miscellaneous series 53.
• Timm, C., Layton-Matthews, D., Reyes, A., Gill, S., Leybourne, M., de Ronde, C.E.J., Henley, R.W., Wysoczanski, R.J. 2013 Nano gold nuggets in natural arc volcanic glasses. p. 111-112 IN: Christie, A.B. 26th International Applied Geochemistry Symposium, 17-21 November 2013, Rotorua, New Zealand: abstracts. International Association of Applied Geochemists
• Timm, C., Reyes, A.G., Gill, S., Layton-Matthews, D., Leybourne, M., de Ronde, C.E.J., Henley, R. 2013 Invisible gold in arc volcanic glasses. p. 2333 IN: Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2013. Twickenham, UK: Mineralogical Society of Great Britain. Mineralogical magazine 77(5).
• Pittari, A., Briggs, R., Goddard, H., Timm, C., de Ronde, C.E.J. 2012 Lithic clasts from the 1886 AD Rotomahana pyroclastics : implications for the pre-eruptive subsurface geology and vent configuration. p. 73 IN: Pittari, A., Hansen, R.J. (eds) Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2012 conference: abstracts. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 134A.
• de Ronde, C.E.J., Walker, S., Ditchburn, R.G., Hannington, M., Baker, E., Massoth, G., Embley, R., Yoerger, D., Merle, S., Timm, C., Dekov, V., Kamenov, G., Handler, M., Wysoczanski, R., Lupton, J. 2012 Seafloor hydrothermal activity and associated mineralization at Clark cone volcano, Kermadec arc, New Zealand. p. 621 IN: Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, 5-10 August 2012, Brisbane, Australia. [Brisbane, Qld.]: Australian Geosciences Council
• Timm, C., Graham, I.J., Leybourne, M.I., de Ronde, C.E.J., Woodhead, J. 2011 Effects of Louisville seamount subduction: geochemical evidence from central Tonga-Kermadec arc volcanoes. p. 2013 IN: Goldschmidt 2011: earth, life and fire, Prague, Czech Republic, August 14-19, 2011 : abstracts. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Publications. Mineralogical magazine 75(3).
• Timm, C., de Ronde, C.E.J., Leybourne, M.I., Layton-Matthews, D., Graham, I.J. 2011 Source of chalcophile and siderophile elements in Kermadec arc rocks. p. 108 IN: Litchfield, N.J., Clark, K.J. Geosciences 2011: Annual Conference of the Geoscience Society of New Zealand, Nelson, 27th Nov-1st Dec, 2011 : abstract volume. Wellington: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 130A.
• de Ronde, C.E.J., Fornari, D.J., Ferrini, V., Caratori Tontini, F., Walker, S.L., Scott, B.J., Leybourne, M.I., Pittari, A., Keam, R.F., Lupton, J.E., Mazot, A., Kukulya, A., Littlefield, R., Immenga, D., Stagpoole, V.M., Timm, C., Berthelsen, T.J. 2011 Rediscovery of the 8th natural wonder of the world: the Pink and White Terraces' survival of the 1886 Tarawera Rift eruption. Abstract EP51B-0839 IN: AGU Fall Meeting 2011, 5-9 December, San Francisco, California, USA: abstracts. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union
• de Ronde, C.E.J., Walker, S.L., Ditchburn, R.G., Hannington, M.D., Baker, E.T., Massoth, G.J., Embley, R.W., Yoerger, D., Merle, S.G., Timm, C., Dekov, V.M., Kamenov, G.D., Handler, M.R. 2011 Hydrothermal activity and the formation of massive sulfide mineralization at Clark Volcano, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand. 4 p. IN: Morgan, C.L., Wiltshire, J.C. (eds) 40th anniversary Underwater Mining Institute abstracts, September 14-18, 2011, Hilo, Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii
• Hoernle, K., Timm, C., Hauff, S.F., Rupke, L., Werner, R., van den Bogaard, P., Michael, P.J., Coffin, M., Mortimer, N., Davy, B.W. 2009 New results for the multi-stage geochemical evolution of the Manihiki and Hikurangi plateaus. abstract V51H-03 IN: 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December, San Francisco, California, USA: abstracts. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. Eos 90(52:supplement).
• Hauff, S.F., Hoernle, K., Werner, R., van den Bogaard, P., Timm, C., Kluegel, A. 2008 Geochemistry and age data from the Manihiki Plateau (R/V SO193): Multiple volcanic events from EM1- FOZO-HIMU mantle sources within a single oceanic LIP. abstract V53A-2117 IN: 2008 AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December, San Francisco: abstracts. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. Eos 89(53:supplement).
• Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., Werner, R., van den Bogaard, P., Timm, C., Coffin, M., Mortimer, N., Davy, B.W. 2008 A similar multi-stage geochemical evolution for the Manihiki, Hikurangi and Ontong Java Plateaus? abstract V23H-05 IN: 2008 AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December, San Francisco: abstracts. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. Eos 89(53:supplement).
• Timm, C., Hoernle, K., Werner, R., Hauff, F., van den Boogard, P., White, J., Mortimer, N. 2008 The origin of intraplate volcanism on Zealandia. abstract EGU2008-A-11195 IN: 5th EGU General Assembly 2008. Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany: Copernicus Gesellschaft. Geophysical research abstracts 10.
• Timm, C., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., van den Bogaard, P., Weaver, S. 2007 Crustal assimilation versus mantle melts in lavas from Banks Peninsula, NZ. abstract EGU2007-A-04990 IN: 4th EGU General Assembly 2007. Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany: Copernicus Gesellschaft. Geophysical research abstracts 9.
• Timm, C., Ruepke, L., Hoernle, K. 2007 Melting processes by Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities beneath continents: evidence from Cenozoic intraplate volcanism in Zealandia, SW Pacific. p. A1022 IN: Abstracts of the 17th annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Cologne, Germany, August 2007. New York: Elsevier. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta 71(15S).
• Timm, C., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., van den Bogaard, P., Weaver, S. 2006 A mantle origin for the enriched signature in basalts from Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. p. A650 IN: 3rd EGU General Assembly 2006. Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany: Copernicus Gesellschaft. Geophysical research abstracts 8.
• Timm, C., K. Hoernle, F. Hauff, P. van den Bogaard and S. Weaver, 2006. Enriched Isotopic Signatures in Shield Basalts from Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand, DMG Tagung, Sektion Geochemie, Kiel, Germany.
• Worthington, T., Stoffers, P., Timm, C., Zimmerer, M., Garbe-Schönberg, D. 2004. Effects of subducting the Louisville Ridge and Osbourn Trough beneath the South Tonga arc. Abstract 5.3.72 Goldschmidt conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.